Settler of township lots: Lot 14, Conc. 9, Stanhope

Link to the Upton family on the Settlers of Algonquin Highlands Family Tree website

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this irregular, waterfront lot on the north shore of Halls Lake east of Cadge Road.

Land acquisition: Edward Upton did not own this lot. On 5 May 1911 it was patented  to son James Upton who was enumerated at this lot in the 1901 census  Ontario Land Parcel Register Book - Stanhope Concession 9 (Image 149).

Dates of residency:

• 1881 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Edward & Susan Upton with 5 children
• 1883 Stanhope Voters List: Edward Upton, owner, Lots 14 & 14, Conc. 9 & 10.
• 1890 Stanhope Voters List: Edward Upton with no location
• 1891 Stanhope Voters List:  Lot 10, Conc. 10
• 1900 Residence:  Morse, Ashland, Wisconsin, USA
• 1902 Death: Wisconsin

Interesting facts:

Edward Upton was granted a military headstone as he was a Union Civil War Veteran - a Private in Company H of the 60th New York Infantry.

Edward & Susan Upton and most of their children moved to Wisconsin shortly after the 1891 Census of Canada. On the 1900 US Census for Mellen, Morse, Ashland, Wisconsin, they reported that they had 10 children, 9 still living.

Preceding landowner: The Crown

Succeeding landowner:

• 1911 Richard W. Johnston
• 1912 George Herbert Clark
• 1913 James Welch